tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011555388907309499.post8538965645192111265..comments2023-09-26T04:23:48.096-05:00Comments on Digital Dharma: Metaphors of Consciousness in the Infosphere: Reach Out and Touch - From Chapter TwoStevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02826896898781637515noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011555388907309499.post-11115339550925119822008-06-08T20:38:00.000-05:002008-06-08T20:38:00.000-05:00In my book I write about how the telephone takes u...In my book I write about how the telephone takes us to "dream space," where we create the image of our lover to go along with the "whisper in the ear." New research reported by the New York Times (6/6/08)confirms this model: <BR/><BR/>"It may be, the study said, that when people talk to someone who is not present, the visual-processing parts of their brain create a mental representation of where the other person might be."<BR/><BR/>See: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/health/research/03brai.htmlStevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02826896898781637515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011555388907309499.post-10655429623094971112008-06-08T20:27:00.000-05:002008-06-08T20:27:00.000-05:00In this week's (June 9th) New Yorker magazine, Wat...In this week's (June 9th) New Yorker magazine, Watson's great-granddaughter (and novelist) Susan Cheever, debunks the "battery acid" story, telling us that Watson made that tale up late in his life, and that the first phone message was on a day like any other.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02826896898781637515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011555388907309499.post-12068179487816818962008-05-06T21:43:00.000-05:002008-05-06T21:43:00.000-05:00A video from the TED Conference features Jan Chipc...A video from the TED Conference features Jan Chipchase from Nokia talking about his field research on how people in the developing world use their cellphones. Jan is featured in the NY Times story cited in my first comment.<BR/><BR/>See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn2NR901NMY&feature=userStevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02826896898781637515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011555388907309499.post-10255558947703532492008-04-29T13:22:00.000-05:002008-04-29T13:22:00.000-05:00I was reminded once again about how a telephone ca...I was reminded once again about how a telephone call goes right to the second chakra energy (of love, family and relationship), by a sad front page story in today's [4/29/08] NY Times about how people in Mexico are receiving false kidnapping ransom requests via cellphone. "Sometimes, people are told to turn off their cellphones for an hour so the service can be repaired; then, relatives are called and told that the cellphone's owner has been kidnapped."Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02826896898781637515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011555388907309499.post-43945787926187196832008-04-24T11:20:00.000-05:002008-04-24T11:20:00.000-05:00In my book I give some examples of cellphones+GPS ...In my book I give some examples of cellphones+GPS as a way of hearing "places tell their stories." A recent example from Germany is in "My Life as a Video Game..." in NY Times 4/9/08, p.6.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02826896898781637515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011555388907309499.post-22015928146991280052008-04-11T15:17:00.000-05:002008-04-11T15:17:00.000-05:00A great story about cellphones in the developing w...A great story about cellphones in the developing world is at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/magazine/13anthropology-t.htmlStevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02826896898781637515noreply@blogger.com